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Monday, June 29, 2015

Independence Day Weekend Plans!

Pungo Start Line, March 2015

Independence Day weekend is quickly approaching, and in addition to celebrating that the USA won the war with Britain long ago and that we don't have to speak English anymore, I hope you've all got some fun plans and perhaps time off of work. Here at NMS North, with a day off of work I can't think of anything more fun and car related than heading out bright and early Friday and going to the Department of Motor Vehicles and giving them some money! Shoot, in exchange for my money I just might head home with some shiny brand new Virginia license plates now that I live here and my South Carolina tags expire at the end of July. If there's a more patriotic way to spend the holiday then please let me know!

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Grid at Pungo, March 2015

Also this weekend will be the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, so that means tuning in to NBC Sports Network on Friday morning and watching practice 2, then again Saturday morning for Qualifying on CNBC, and then the race bright and early Sunday morning on CNBC too! I mean come on, what could be better on Sunday of Independence Day weekend than watching a bunch of European guys in Britain driving carbon fiber cars, turning both left and right, and going really fast?

What's more fun than watching fast drivers?
How about driving the FIAT in another autocross!! That's what I'll be doing Sunday, competing with the Old Dominion Region (or ODR) of the Sports Car Club of America at Pungo Virginia. I've done two events at that location this year, both with the Tidewater Sports Car Club, so this will be my first event with the ODR SCCA folks. Believe it or not, a lot of the same drivers compete with both clubs, so I have a feeling that it will feel like a great event on familiar turf with familiar faces.

This Sunday will be the 4th event of 2015 for ODR, so certainly I'm in no position to compete for points, so my diabolical plan is to just have fun and drive as fast as possible and see what happens. Here's a quick look at the registration so far. There are only 21 drivers, so maybe I can finish in the top 20! To be honest this looks like a lot of cars and drivers that are all faster than me, so believe me when I say I'm driving for fun this time, and my realistic goal is top 21!